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Do You Really Think Congress Will Rein In Agencies?

While too much law is made by regulators inappropriately influenced by lobbyists, it is unclear that the more involvement of Congress would help.

Sept. 2, 2014 2:17 p.m. ET

Regarding Allan H. Meltzer's "Cronyism vs. the Constitution" (op-ed, Aug. 26): While one might agree that too much law is made by regulators inappropriately influenced by lobbyists and special-interest groups, it is unclear that the involvement of Congress, as it is currently organized, would help. Unfortunately, many of the worst abuses associated with influence by the lobbyists and special-interest groups whose work Mr. Meltzer deplores occur because of the involvement of these same groups in writing the original laws. Furthermore, the current system, in which committee members become the recipients of vast...